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Show 5 509 3rd Avenue-1899 Arcnitect//Builder: Edgar W. Druce/Salt Lake Building Company Building Type/Style: Victorian eclectic Building Materials: brick Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) This is a two-story hip roof Victorian house. There is a two-story hip roof brick front bay and an off-center dormer window. Windiws have brick arched tops and stone sills, except for the rough faced stone lintels at the tops of the first floor front windows in the bay. There are several leaded glass transoms. The gabled front porch is supported by doric columns. --Thomas W. Hanchett 6>" cc O K </) I Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Communication 18 Architecture B The Arts D Commerce D Education a Exploration/Settlement D Industry a Agriculture D Conservation D D D D D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D Religion D Science D Socio-Humanitarian a Transportation This house is significant because of Anton Pedersen and his children, including Arthur Freber, who were prominent in the development of music in Utah. The house is of Victorian design. William G. Phillips, a watchman at ZCMI, took out a building permit to build this house in 1899. That year he sold it to John R. Herman who lived next door. Tierman sold it in 1904 to Anton Pedersen. Pedersen was involved in musical circles in Salt Lake and directed the Salt Lake Philharmonic Orchestra. Pedersen was born in Norway in 1856 and studied music there. The men that he studied with later became the great in European mission circles. Pedersen came to Utah in 1875. He formed the military bands in Salt Lake and organized the first symphony orchestra in Utah. He was director of the Knight of Pythias band and the Utah State band-that replaced it. He taught music at the All Hallows College for twelve years. Pedersen was also director of the Orpheus Club. Pedersen T s obituary in the Deseret News called the last concert of the Salt Lake Philharmonic Orchestra was the most perfect performance and if Pedersen had lived, he would have made the orchestra one of the greatest in the United States. Pedersen died in this house in 1913. After Ant on's death his widow, Mary Olive Pedersen, lived here. She was born in Oislo, Norway, on May 14, 1859. She came to America with her parents when she was fourteen. She married Anton in 1877. She was well known in musical circles. She was a member of Scandinavian organizations, a member of the Tabernacle Choir and a Relief Society worker. She died at this house in 1931. She was survived by her children Arthur Pederson Freber, Norma Pedersen Beck, Mrs. B. D. Carl and Mrs. Reno Pedersen Walsh. ; From 1913 until his death in 1951 Arthur Pedersen Freber, Anton's and Mary Olive's son lived in the house. Freber was also involved in music in the state of Utah. He was born in Salt Lake City on December 26, 1887. His father was a Scandinavian immigrant. He |
